Discourse analysis of political speech

graduation thesis

Monika Mešnjak (Author), Nada Šabec (Mentor)

Abstract

Nowadays, research on political speeches has become an important subject of linguistic studies. Discourse presents a language above the sentence or above the clause. Functional approach to discourse analysis is an effective way of determining the basic characteristics of political speech. Its purpose is to perceive language as a social practice. Language users do not function in isolation, but rather in a set of cultural, social, and psychological composition. Therefore discourse analysis must focus on how politicians think and consequently design their speech. In order to achieve this, metafunctions of language must be determined, as well as other functional components, which together combine the systemic functional linguistics. Political speeches are also known for their use of figures of speech, such as euphemisms, substitution, and metaphors, and other devices of language structures, for instance cohesion, the rule of three, and parallelism. This is why discourse analysis is a useful tool for translators and interpretors. Translating political speech is an important, even crucial part of spreading the discourse across individual language barriers, making it available to international audiences, giving it greater power and influence, and thus reaching more people.

Keywords

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Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2012
Source:	Maribor
Typology:	2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis
Organization:	UM FF - Faculty of Arts
Publisher:	[M. Mešnjak]
UDC:	81ʹ42:81ʼ25(043.2)
COBISS:	19334664
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	DISKURZIVNA ANALIZA POLITIČNEGA GOVORA
Secondary abstract:	Danes je preučevanje političnih govorov pomemben predmet jezikovnih študij. Sam diskurz predstavlja jezik nad povedjo ali nad stavkom. Funkcionalističen pristop k analizi diskurza je učinkovit način določanja osnovnih značilnosti političnega govora. Namen takšne analize je predstaviti jezik kot družbeno prakso. Uporabnik jezik namreč ne deluje v osami, ampak v skupnosti, prepleteni s kulturo, družbo in psihološko sestavo. Diskurzivna analiza se mora osredotočiti tudi na to, kako politiki razmišljajo in posledično, kako oblikujejo svoj govor. Da bi to dosegli, je potrebno preučiti jezikovne metafunkcije in druge funkcionalne komponente, ki skupaj oblikujejo sistemsko funkcionalno jezikoslovje. Politični govori so znani tudi po uporabi različnih jezikovnih figur, kot so evfemizmi, zamenjave in metafore, in drugih jezikovnih struktur, kot so kohezija, pravilo treh in paralelizem. Prav zaradi tega je diskurzivna analiza koristno orodje za prevajalce in tolmače. Prevod političnega govora je pomemben in odločilen del širjenja diskurza izven posameznih jezikovnih meja, v mednarodni javnosti, kar mu daje veliko moč, vpliv in širše občinstvo.
Secondary keywords:	diplomska dela;politični govor;analiza diskurza;proces;metafunkcije;prevod;politični diskurz;
URN:	URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS):	Undergraduate thesis
Thesis comment:	Univ. v Mariboru, Filozofska fak., Oddelek za prevodoslovje
Pages:	f. 96
Keywords (UDC):	language;linguistics;literature;jezikoslovje;filologija;književnost;linguistics and languages;jezikoslovje in jeziki;language;linguistics;literature;jezikoslovje;filologija;književnost;linguistics and languages;jezikoslovje in jeziki;
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